Xiao Shujing, a correspondent of Baoding Daily, □
After sorting out the clothes and hats, supporting the drum rack, and adjusting the three strings, I saw the drum hammer fall and the three strings rise, and a West River drum performance began. On the morning of April 27, the New Era Civilization Practice Station in Keyayi Village, Tayayi Township, Laiyuan County, became the home of the two elderly people, Jin Jinyou and Wang Shumin.
Gold has a clean and neat playing board, a simple and exciting singing voice, and Wang Shumin plays with the three strings to calm down, and the rhythm is cheerful and clear. After a song, the two old men bowed in greeting and sat aside, waiting for the arrival of the first batch of young students today.
Last year, the village's new era civilization practice station was built, according to the needs of the villagers, the county allocated funds to buy a lot of cultural and entertainment equipment, and the two elderly people came here to exchange skills as soon as they had free time.
"I haven't touched it in over 20 years." Wang Shumin said with emotion, "The two of us have been partners since we learned art at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and at that time we walked the streets and alleys to sell art. ”
"I grew up listening to two old people talking about books. At that time, the second elder was our star here, and when the drum was beaten, people from eight villages in ten miles rushed to join in the fun. Liu Wenfeng, secretary of the party branch of Tayayi Village, said.
Xihe Big Drum is a national intangible cultural heritage, with a history of hundreds of years, a wide range of circulation, many artists, and is deeply loved by the masses. With the change of the times, the "stars" who were loved by the public in the past have slowly faded out of people's sight.
"Now that the government has built this platform for us, we have entertained ourselves and brought a lot of joy to the villagers."
A big drum sings ancient and modern. The two old people not only remember the traditional repertoire such as "Yang Jiajiang", "Hu Jiajiang" and "Hongyan", but also wrote songs such as "Striving for 14th Five-Year Plan", "New Chapter of Rural Revitalization Score", "Song of Anti-epidemic" and so on according to the current situation.
"We must write down the new changes in the village into the lyrics and publicize the party's good policies, which can also be regarded as a residual heat." The two old men have clear ideas, work tirelessly, and often combine what they see and hear and feel to create on the spot.
According to Wang Weiwei, a member of the Propaganda Committee of Keyayi Township, poverty alleviation and rural revitalization... A series of good policies of the party have given rural grassroots artists rich creative soil, the repertoire written by the two old people is catchy, and the adults and children in the village will hum two sentences from time to time, and they have also become the main force of the party's policy propaganda.
"Grandpa, what are we going to study today?" After the online lesson, Zhao Yaxin, Shi Kaizheng and other 6 children ran to the village new era civilization practice station, anxiously surrounded the two old people to ask about today's class content, and curiously picked up the drumstick and knocked it twice.
"Today we first understand the history of the West River Drum." From the origin of the West River Drum to the evolution of the genre of the West River Drum, the old man said the head is the Tao, and the children listened with relish.
"The Big Drum of the West River is a drum, a plate, and a string at the same time with the lyrics, the drum sounds, the eyes follow the hand, the eyes must have a spirit, the gestures must go upwards, the T-shaped steps under the feet must be steady, and the singing voice pays attention to the rhythm and beat, and I will show you below." Knocking on a pass, singing a paragraph, eager to teach everything they have learned in their lives, for the children to take the initiative to learn the West River drum, the two old people are full of joy, "I hope the children can stick to it and pass on the West River drum." ”
"In the next step, we plan to open an interest class in West River Drum at Keyayi Central Primary School." Yu Hongdong, principal of Keyayi Central Primary School, also has his own ideas on the inheritance of The Big Drum Culture in The West River.
The government set the stage and the masses sang. At present, There are 5 grassroots literary and artistic volunteer service teams such as calligraphy, square dance, erhu, Xihe big drum and so on, and various literary and artistic performances will be carried out every holiday and agricultural leisure season, which not only enriches the cultural life of the local people, but also shows the spiritual outlook of the countryside in the new era.
In recent years, Laiyuan County has deeply promoted the construction of the Civilization Practice Institute (Station) in the new era in accordance with the "five haves" standard of having a place, a team, an activity, a project, and a mechanism, and has aroused a pool of spring water for the revitalization of rural culture. At present, 165 new era civilization practice stations in 285 administrative villages in the county have been built and reached the standard, and each village has its own literary and artistic team and cultural talents.
"Cultural revitalization is the soul-casting project of rural revitalization, relying on the platform of the New Era Civilization Practice Center, not only to send culture to the countryside, but also to excavate grassroots literary and art workers, from sending culture to culture, and continue to enhance the hematopoietic function of rural culture itself." Sun Yi, member of the standing committee of the county party committee and director of the Propaganda Department, said.